At this point, there’s scarcely a console out there that some deft modder won’t gut of its insides, tape them to a spare LCD and a couple of D cell batteries and transform as if by magic into a handheld device. Heck, there’s even a dude who has gone pro making just such handheld consoles.

Of course, in real world terms, these “handheld” Xboxes and PlayStations and vintage NESes may be portable, but they aren’t very pocketable. They tend to suffer from bulky designs necessitated by the sheer size of the games they need to be able to read. They also tend to be one-off affairs, sold on eBay or designed for the personal use of the mod’s creator. And since the original hardware isn’t optimized for batteries, they tend to go through juice like there’s no tomorrow.

Given the usual pedigree of such handheld console mod jobs, then, it’s hard not to get excited about Hyperkin’s upcoming Supaboy handheld. This is a handheld console that is actually a functional Super Nintendo, right down to the requirement to plug in original vintage cartridges.

Unlike the usual home-baked console mods, though, the Supaboy is pretty pocketable and — with five hours of battery life per charge — it’s got plenty of juice. Even cooler, the Supaboy supports multiplayer. Just hook the Supaboy up to a television, plug in some vintage SNES controllers and boot up your favorite game. Sure, it’s not WiFi, but it’s something.

As a guy with more than a few vintage SNES cartridges knocking about, I love the look of the Supaboy, especially at the projected price of between $60 and $70.